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Meredith Cohn

Meredith

Meredith Cohn has been covering the health beat and other beats in Baltimore for more than two decades, and was previously at The Baltimore Sun. She's a native of Maryland and is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. She began her career at the Hagerstown Morning Herald and also spent time as a business reporter at the Virginian-Pilot and a congressional reporter at States News Service in Washington. She writes about all aspects of health and medicine, from disease outbreaks to disease cures, as well as the business of health.

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A rendering of the University of Maryland Medical Center's Regional Medical Center project. A former patient donated $25 million to the project under construction in Easton.
Former patient pledges $25 million to help open a new Eastern Shore hospital
A former patient of an Eastern Shore hospital made a major gift to help the University of Maryland Medical System build a new hospital in Easton.
A member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Biocontainment Unit team communicates with staff outside the unit during a training exercise Thursday.
This elite Johns Hopkins unit is ready for killer pathogens
Johns Hopkins Hospital tests its federally designated biocontainment unit in an era of reduced public health funding.
Dr. Meena Seshamani, who took over as state health secretary in April, will need to replace her second deputy after her Medicaid director, Ryan Moran, said he was leaving.
Top state health department official to leave as Maryland braces for cuts
Ryan Moran, Maryland Medicaid director, becomes the second deputy under the new health secretary to head for the exit, just as Congress debates big cuts.
Exterior of the Emergency Room entrance next to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore on Sunday, June 11, 2023.
University of Maryland Medical System sues over millions in denied Medicaid claims
The University of Maryland Medical System sued a Medicaid managed care company for denying $15 million in unpaid claims.
Wilbur Chen, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health.
The CDC’s vaccine advisors were fired. A former insider explains what’s at stake.
Dr. Wilbur Chen, a University of Maryland vaccine expert, is a former member of the panel that makes recommendations to the CDC about who should get vaccines. He explains what happens now that RFK Jr., the health secretary, fired all the current members.
The Maryland Health Connection site, the state's health exchange.
Marylanders in state exchange could see a big jump in health insurance rates
People in Maryland are likely to see a jump in costs for health insurance next year after federal subsidies expire and are not renewed.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the appointment of Dr. Michelle Taylor as Commissioner for the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD), starting August 1, 2025.
Scott picks Tennessee official to lead Baltimore’s health department
Michelle Taylor is a doctor, breast cancer survivor, Hopkins grad and serves in the Air National Guard
The Baltimore City Health Department in Baltimore.
Baltimore’s next health commissioner has big job to fill, with long vacancy a factor
A new Baltimore health commissioner will take over an office that has been known for doing big things. Lately, there hasn't been a leader there to oversee even the little things.
Dr. Paul Offit speaks to University of Maryland School of Medicine’s graduates at a commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
Top vaccine expert tells next generation of Maryland doctors to fight for shots
Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit delivered a graduation address to the next generation of doctors coming from University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Officials ID man killed during mental health crisis in Dundalk and officer who fatally shot him
Maryland Attorney General’s Office released the names of a Dundalk man who was fatally shot during a mental health crisis and the Baltimore County Police officer responsible.
Storm clouds behind a row of homes in Dundalk.
Severe storm Friday night caused sewage overflow in Baltimore County
The overflow was considered a sanitary sewage overflow, which means raw sewage was released, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
In this image from video, Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist and former chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.
Dr. David Fowler was a well-respected medical examiner, until he wasn’t
Dr. David Fowler was a well-regarded former chief medical examiner before he consulted on a high-profile case that brought fresh scrutiny to his work in Maryland.
Seize The Grey led the pack in the 149th running of The Preakness Stakes.
Why are Preakness racehorses such good athletes? Their ancestors didn’t want to get eaten.
A Johns Hopkins ophthalmologist has identified a gene mutation in horses that suggests why they became such good racehorses.
State health officials have spent weeks trying to assess the impact of what they see as increasingly likely cuts outlined by GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Here’s how Medicaid cuts could be a $1 billion blow to Maryland’s budget
Maryland health officials have outlined the massive potential cuts to the budget and enrollment if Congress goes through with proposals to slash the Medicaid health program.
Close up photo of adult female deer tick crawling on piece of straw.
It’s tick season and there is a new bugger catching a ride in Baltimore
There have always been a few cases of babesiosis in Maryland every year, but now researcher says the Baltimore region has become a hotspot for cases tied to parasites found on ticks.
Federal workers may ‘need to vent’: How to cope and manage workplace stress
Federal workers who are still on the job may find their changing commutes and positions stressful, but there are ways to cope.
FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
Thousands of Marylanders used this site to track their vaccinations. Now it’s gone.
A popular online portal to track Marylanders’ vaccination histories became unavailable in the state Thursday.
Johns Hopkins University plans to launch research grant programs of its own to help make up for lost federal funding.
Johns Hopkins to tap earnings from endowment to help address federal cuts
As the federal government scales back funding for research, Johns Hopkins is launching its own grant programs to keep the work going.
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
The state’s troubled psychiatric hospital has a new issue: Legionella bacteria
The troubled Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is the latest state building to test positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease.
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